single frontoparietal and in contact with two of the four 

 supraoculars on each side. Five supraciliaries (6 in each of 

 the three paratypes). Interparietal absent, one large nuchal 

 and temporal posterior to parietals. Four supralabials anterior 

 to subocular. Twenty-five longitudinal rows of smooth scales 

 around midbody (26 in 11 paratypes and 24 in 3). Dorsal scales 

 somewhat larger than ventral. Preanals slightly enlarged. Limbs 

 slightly developed, do not meet when appressed against the body 

 (in young specimens they overlap markedly in a similar position). 

 Hind limbs somewhat shorter than distance between tip of snout and 

 base of forelimbs, Distance between fore- and hindlimbs 1.7 times 

 the distance between tip of snout and base of forelimbs (in many 

 paratypes not less than 1.5 times). Fourth digit of hindlimb 

 longer than third and covered ventral ly by 23 lamellae (19 to 23 

 subdigital lamellae in the paratypes). Dark-brown color above 

 with 5 silvery-white longitudinal stripes, each of which passes 

 on the border of two adjacent rows of body scales. (In some 

 paratypes these stripes are light-creamy and situated on a 

 dark-brown, almost black background of body.) Occipital stripe 

 passing along spine starts posterior to the head and passes onto 

 the anterior third of tail. Both ciliary stripes start from the 

 anterior supraciliary scutes and also disappear on the tail. Two 

 less distinct axillary stripes on the sides of the body between 

 the fore- and hindlimbs. Abdomen greyish- white , tail light 

 bluish- grey above. Length of body with head 45 mm, length of 

 nonregenerated tail 57 mm (the paratypes are smaller). 



Named after the head of the Indonesian-Soviet expedition, 

 Dr. Sampurno Kadarsan, the director of the Bogor Zoological 

 Museum, whose energy was responsible for the successful completion 

 of the expedition, 



Comparative remarks. According to many plastic characters, 

 closely related to Leiolopisma sembalunicum Mertens, but essentially 

 different from it by a different type of coloration and pattern of 

 body. In the latter character closely resembles some Lygosoma of 

 the related genus Emoia, in particular E. cyanurum and E. lessonii , 

 which occupy a wide range, Judging from the description, it is 

 rather closely related to Emoia similis , described by Dunn (1927) 

 from the Island of Komodo, but the presence of supranasal scutes 

 in the two known specimens of the latter species does not leave 

 any doubt as to its belonging to a genus separate from Leiolopisma . 

 Lygosome skinks of the genus Emoia were not found by the Indonesian- 

 Soviet expedition on the Komodo. 



Range, Island of Komodo in the Lesser Sunda Archipelago. 

 Fairly common on the plateau of the central part of the island 

 at an altitude of 500-600 m above sea level. All 15 specimens 

 were collected in grass on the edge of a bamboo forest. 



